We could be fooled into thinking pay-for plagiarism is a modern, high-tech invention. However, the internet merely supports the logistics.

Selling students short comes at an important time for higher education in Australia: funding uncertainties and questions over academic standards have never been more pronounced.
from www.shutterstock.com.auMay 19, 2015

The recent furore about academic standards in Australian higher education – including Monday's damning Four Corners expose – has the potential to bring not only desperately needed attention, but actual change, to the sector.

International students provide universities with a large chunk of their revenue - but at what cost?
Faungg/FlickrApril 20, 2015

A new report from the NSW Independent Commission Against Corruption says Australian universities have become increasingly reliant on income from fee-paying international students, and is letting academic standards slide for the valuable income stream.

One sure-fire way to make sure your students are completing their assessment for themselves is to make them perform practical work exercises rather than write essays.
AAP/Dean LewinsNovember 12, 2014

The essay, as the primary form of assessment, should be dead. This is the kind of comment that terrifies academics everywhere – but it is an idea that I think we all need to consider. The “news” that there…